Xixuan Chuangzhi raises RMB 500 million for robot edge chips
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A new entrant backed by a GPU maker and a robot manufacturer expands the robotics chip field, but its planned product remains unproven.
Xixuan Chuangzhi raises RMB 500 million for robot edge chips
Xixuan Chuangzhi has raised RMB 500 million in an angel round at a reported post-money valuation of RMB 4 billion, Forbes China reported. GGV Capital and Matrix Partners co-led the round. MetaX, UBTECH and Fenglong established the company in May 2026 to develop chips and computing platforms for embodied AI. The proceeds will support chip research, software tools, hiring, customer validation and production delivery.
The funding adds a new company to the market for specialized robot computing hardware. Xixuan plans to combine perception, decision-making and motion coordination in one system-on-chip using a domestic general-purpose GPU architecture. Robot makers must fit those functions within power, heat and space limits. The company has set a goal of surpassing NVIDIA Thor, but the report does not provide test results to support a performance comparison.
For robot builders and investors, the next milestones are access to a development platform and evidence that the software and hardware work together in customer validation. Xixuan plans to provide a platform to industry partners in 2027 and release its first chip and related solution in 2028. Its relationship with humanoid robot maker UBTECH may provide a route to joint validation, although the report does not establish a purchase commitment or production performance.